336 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA. BULLETIN, NO. 115 



SHELLED CORN AND CLOVER HAY 



VS. 

 SHELLED CORN AND TIMOTHY HAY. 



The importance of clover as a hay crop in Missouri is increasing 

 rapidly. This crop has the advantage of being much superior to 

 timothy from the standpoint of maintaining soil fertility. From 

 the standpoint of the stock feeder it also ranks above timothy, as 

 it contains more protein than timothy hay; hence, when fed it will 

 reduce the amount of commercial nitrogenous concentrates that 

 need to be purchased in order to balance a ration of shelled corn. 

 These two lots of yearlings were fed to illustrate the effect of these 

 two roughnesses as a feed for fattening western yearlings. Table 

 IV shows the results obtained from this trial. 



TABLE IV. SHELLED CORN AND TIMOTHY HAY vs. SHELLED CORN 



AND CLOVER HAY. 



Lot II Lot II 



Shelled corn Shelled corn 



and timothy and clover 



hay. hay. 



Average initial weight 77.8 Ibs. 78.15 Ibs. 



Average final weight 98. 7 Ibs. 101. 25 Ibs. 



Average total gains 20.9 Ibs. 23. 10 Ibs. 



Average daily gains .213 Ibs. . 235 Ibs. 



Grain.. 1.17 Ibs. 1.23 Ibs. 



Hay.... 1.40 Ibs. 1.72 Ibs. 



Grain.. 549. 28 Ibs. 524. 89 Ibs. 



Hay.... 660.28 Ibs. 730.73 Ibs. 

 Cost of 100 Ibs. gain, with corn at 

 40c per bushel, and hay at $10 



per ton $7 . 514 $7 . 402 



Average shrink per head from Co- 

 lumbia to National Stock Yards 5.7 Ibs. 5.75 Ibs. 

 Average weight per head at Na- 

 tional Stock Yards 93 . Ibs. 95 . 5 Ibs. 



Selling price per 100 pounds $6. 15 $6.35 



Average cost per head, Columbia, 



at $4.25 per 100 Ibs $3.306 $3.321 



Average cost of feed per head $1.51 $1.730 



Average selling price per head, 



Columbia $5.33 $5.681 



Average profit per head $0.514 $0.630 



Dressing per cent 49 . 6 52.2 



Grade of carcasses Fair Good 



Average daily rations 

 Feed per 100 Ibs. gain 



